11-2SY Are Intermittent Inhaled Steroids an Effective Option to Treat Asthma in Children?

Monday, 8 December 2014: 13:25 - 13:45
Sala B2 (Sul America)

Stanley Szefler, MD FAAAAI , Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Colorado

Learning Objectives:
To discuss alternative approaches to the use of daily inhaled corticosteroid therapy for childhood asthma.

To review the advantages and limitations of intermittent inhaled corticosteroid therapy in the management of childhood asthma.

To present studies in progress in the NIH asthma networks that will provide additional information on this question.